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It is going to get real ugly real fast! Remember the year Cal Ripken Sr. managed for what - 25 games or so? What did we win then? This is going to be a repeat I am afraid. POOR ORIOLES - POOR FANS! SIGGGGHHHH!!!

Lets face it, the O's are a terrible team. The veterans on the team are mostly has beens and the youngsters ( Except Weiters) are immature high strung kids who couldnt pitch or hit in the clutch even if they were up against their mothers. For 12 straight years they have been horrible, make room for year # 13. This is a 60-102 team.

Without a cleanup hitter and without a proven closer, this team can win 70 and not a game more.
A proven 30 homer, .285 hitter is needed
in the number 4 slot and a proven 25 - 30 saves a year closer is needed on the present roster to get the Orioles to 81 wins or more.
The organization's present formula for
success will work, of course, but why wouldn't it after 20 years!

I have been an O's fan since 1954. It was one thing in those early years to tolerate losing seasons because they kept getting better. In 10 years, they fought the Bronx Bombers right up to the end, eventually getting to the big dance a few seasons later. Then, the had the best MLB record over a 25 year span. This owner doesn't get it...and never will. I live in Michigan. GO TIGERS!!!

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A Baltimore native, Dan Connolly has been covering sports for 14 years, and baseball and the Orioles for 10 seasons, including the past six with The Sun. His first year covering baseball on a daily basis was Cal Ripken Jr.'s final season as a player. It's believed that is just a coincidence.

Steve Gould is an assistant sports editor for The Sun, overseeing Orioles coverage. The Columbia native joined The Sun as a sports copy editor in 2006 after graduating from the University of Maryland.

Peter Schmuck has been covering baseball for a lot longer than Steve Gould has been on this earth. He is now a general sports columnist, but has been a beat writer covering three major league teams (the Dodgers, Angels and Orioles) and also spent a decade as the Sun's national baseball writer. If you want more of his insight on the Orioles and other sports issues, check out his personal blog -- The Schmuck Stops Here.